Yeah I'd leave it till next season before you enter her. Get her on the Ratting if you can, the both of you's will love it.
I've fed my dogs raw Beef, Lamb, Rabbit, Tripe, Chicken, as well as the bones as soon as they had their adult teeth come through. Before the proper teeth come through I used to feed raw but with out the bones, with a little bit of SA37 (Which I still use from time to time).
They get the odd bowl of dry food as well but raw is what they get most the time.